Herculis
- genitive of Hercules.
Example Sentences
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Nova V1674 Herculis was one of the fastest ever recorded, rising and fading within days.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will run the 100 meters at the Herculis EBS meeting in Monaco on July 21, two weeks before his final world championships appearance in London, organizers said on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2017
Bernard Lagat, a former Washington State standout, improved his American record in the 5,000 meters when he finished second in the Diamond League Herculis meet in Monaco.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2011
Famed Nova Herculis of 1934 became one of the twelve brightest stars, but it started from the 14th magnitude.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The finest and most remarkable object of this class visible in the northern heavens is the Great Cluster which lies between η and ζ Herculis.
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel